Pré d’en Haut Omnium

Oh Boy. I have been remiss in my blogging. Too much racing. Ugh.

I went and raced with the cat A men. Fun. First was a TT. I was cooked after PEI and didn’t even care that I didn’t have a tt bike. Whatever. 90 minutes later was the road race. After some negotiation, we agreed to up the distance to 80 km (8 laps of a 10km hilly loop, with a steep kicker over the line). It was neutral til the top of the climb on the first lap. Then, because I was feeling spicy, I jumped. I got off the front with Jeff C (who was out wrench at PEI). We stayed away for 4 laps, then two bridged up to us. Then it started to rain – not the easy socal sprinkle, but the torrential thunderstorms with wind and lightening and hail of the Maritimes. Ugh. Jeff fell off the pace, then I got freaked out on the descent (how lame is that?!) and did a lap solo before the group caught me. Worked with the group, trying to minimize gap to Adam (the only guy who remained up the road). Last time up the climb the group shattered. I came in 7th or 8th and ended up in 8th gc. Yay!